Ottawa Boudoir Marathon

Just in time for Valentine's day, also makes a nice intimate present for the groom on your wedding day.
Saturday January 30th, 2010 will be my first ever in hotel boudoir marathon.


Beautifully decorated rooms, located downtown Ottawa where on street parking is available.
Sessions start at 2pm and run until about 9pm depending on interest level.

I am offering 4 different packages to meet your needs. Cds , bound albums and prints will all be ready by February 14th but please note if you order an additional photobook (coffee table album) that this takes approximately one month's time and would not arrive prior to Valentine's Day)

Packages:

1a- 40 minute session (1-2 outfits)
2-5x7 enlargements
20- 4x6s in an ivory leather bound album
Online password protected proofing to pick your favourite images
$190.00


1b- 40 minute session
Cd with 25 high resolution retouched images (can be used to reprint your images at anytime)
+ 25 printed 4x6 enlargements of your choice
Online password protected proofing to pick your favourite images
$135.00



2a- 60-70 minutes (2-3 outfits)
20 image 4x6 leather bound album
+15 images on high resolution Cd
Online password protected proofing to pick your favourites
$250.00


2b- 60-70 minutes
40 images on high resolution cd
+ 25 of your favourite printed 4x6s
Online password protected proofing to pick your favourites
$175.00

The cost of the hotel and light refreshments are provided in package prices.

Bring a friend, each save $5 dollars off your package.

Additional items can be added including full session low resolution cd, high resolution cd, photobooks, enlargements. Please inquire for those rates and to reserve your space in the marathon.
A pre event consultation is require either by phone or in person to go over your package needs and what type of style you're going for and a deposit of $50 is require to save your space. The remainder is due on January 30th.
Hair and makeup is not provided. I will ask my contacts if they can come to do hair and makeup at their regular rate or I could suggest some salons in the hotel's area.

Christmas Post

First off, Happy Holidays to Everyone!
Here are some photos of a beautiful family, Mandy Mark and Lukas.
Enjoy


Mom and Lukas




Dad and Lukas





So cute





The whole family



Baby Lukas




With his big smile!



and Mom and Dad

Thanks guys for a wonderful session that i'm so happy I could share for Christmas.

Kyle And Renee, Pregnancy Photos

Renee and Kyle's wedding was in Janaury 2009 and they're expecting a baby January 2010!
















The beautiful Renee













In the beginning of January they'll find out if it's a girl or boy.
Thanks very much to the both of them for allowing me to put their photos up on display!

Kyle And Renee, Pregnancy Photos

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More Fall images from Hogsback Park!

A big thank you to Emily and Amir who modelled for me for my first session of the day on the 10th. Although we had never met prior to our session they were so open and willing to try any pose and I think we all had a great time.























Good luck on your destination wedding, Emily and Amir!

Fall Sessions

Here is one engagement session from last weekend's portraits in the Park Session.
I have one space left for Sunday the 18th at 11:15-12:15pm

Here are a few favourites from my second session on the 10th.






Rainbow in the falls





Hopefully Courtney said yes because their wedding is in less than 7 months!








This was when I accidentally took a picture of just the leaves and they started wondering what I was really doing lying on the ground!









Thanks to both couples I saw on the 10th, I had a lot of fun photographing both of them as they were both different and really outgoing.

Computer Concepts in Kanata is the best!

With all my recent terrible customer service (for both the business and for the wedding) I have to rave about my latest WONDERFUL experience.
As you probably all know by now, my hard drive died and I spent a few days running around dealing with people who couldn't help me or who wanted to charge me over 800 dollars to recover my data (who will remain nameless). My last hope was Computer Concepts on Castlefrank Road in Kanata.

I went in around 12:00pm and they told me they would check it out and give me a call later in the afternoon if they could see my data. At about 3:00pm they told me to come back in because they'd recovered my data in what would have taken the other guys three days and at like 10 times less!

I see on their website http://www.computerconcepts.ca/ it says "tired of dealing with big box stores?" and yes I am, i love supporting smaller businesses because we have to look out for each other.

Anyways, Doug at Computer Concepts is my new best friend. Sorry Mario of 1180 Party Productions. (Mario was my best friend from the time he said he'd dj my wedding until now!)
They've already checked in to make sure my hard drive is still working and I've managed to transfer my data and for that I thought they deserved a post about how wonderful they are. It's refreshing to find a company that isn't looking to take advantage of you and genuinely are concerned about your important data.

Inconclusion, if you have computer problems or want computer products including harware and software, do yourself a favour of not dealing with uneducated people who will sell you the wrong cable (again no names) and go to Computer Concepts because they're the best!